Mostly Square Things are pleased to offer a SINGLE pair of :
Aristoc Stayputs C45 LaceTop Hold-ups* in White 10 denier Large Wedding Belles BNIP
We like to regularly release a group of items with a Theme
Our Theme for these is : Wedding Belles (you can search for the others...)
Nottingham Lace is synonymous with quality – Lace has been made in Nottingham for at least one and half millennia and the lace used on these is well worth making a fuss about.
The pattern is large scale running the full height of the lace band of a Bow design which is also shown on the cover art to either side of the promotion window and wrapped around to the back of the pack just like the pattern around the leg and is possibly shown to scale.
The top edge is scalloped for a better fit to the leg
We cannot find another pair like these at all anywhere – Just Stop Looking
WARNING – HOLD-UPS
* But first – we don’t think these are Hold-ups
Before Hold-ups there were various designs that clung to the leg through elastication or weaving design but before Elastane. They are still dependent on the elastic working and so the advice still needs to be provided ...
We can never know for certain the conditions that our products have been stored in before they arrive with us
If the product has been stored carelessly then there is also an increased chance that the elastication may have perished to some degree
We can make no categoric statement on their condition without opening the packaging which we prefer not to do; selling as received wherever possible so that the integrity of the packaging is retained
We try to give as accurate a dating of the product as we can (our knowledge improves but it’s never perfect) so a judgement call can be made on the matter
We believe these are a late 1970s to early 1980s product
Art Style C45
Nylon 100% for a classic seamless look
10denier by appearance
These were made in the UK
New in (somewhat damaged) packaging
There is heavy creasing from the promotion window downward and slightly less severe creasing also downward from the upper display window where there is also a minor surface tear to the card as part of a Shadow Label Mark
There are other lateral creases and a small nick to the card in the upper left corner of the promotion window
On the back of the pack there are evident dinks to the lower corners and further creasing below the upper display window and a plastic pocket attached to the left of the kind once regularly used by Debenhams to maintain stock tracing (but we can’t be certain they were sold by them originally)
Sizing is shown on the rear of the packet
Please do ask if you need advice on sizing
For presentation purposes this product may have been card mounted andmay need to be removed carefully to avoid damaging it
These days they are more typically wrapped around the card
We recommend bending the card centrally and then bending the lateral edges of the card over in on themselves so the raw card edges are not in contact with the hosiery
With a hand inside the hosiery and around the card stretch the hosiery gently while crushing the card as they part company
We have other Wedding Belles products available
But if these are not to your size or taste then
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/176341118825
We gain nothing commercially by making these suggestions
Any Questions for us ? – Please do ask !
Numerals used with permission :
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NO RETURNS POLICY – Check the sizing before purchase please !
P&SF Premises
If you acquire multiple items from us – of course we do combined postage
but do draw our attention to this because it can be missed
This will almost always lead to an overall cost saving – we try to do postage at cost
We are a Carbon Conscious supplier and take pains to reduce our carbon intensity
We reuse packaging wherever possible
While we aim to supply the UK market – small items such as these are probably not economic to ship abroad
unless they are discontinued and not otherwise available (and you have to have them)
Photos showing :
Front, the Back, Close-up of the pattern, Theme sheet details
and other items from the same Theme (and we may add others)
Only the Hosiery is on sale INDIVIDUALLY